The Book of Elsewhere by China Mieville
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An immortal warrior…
A fight through the ages…
A quest to end an endless existence…
The Book of Elsewhere is the story of B. (short for Berserker, who also goesby Unute as his ancient name). A man with unnatural strength, prone toviolence, and seemingly immortal, he has lived for 80,000 years. He hasmastered hundreds of languages, experienced every emotion and experience a mancan savour. He's gained amazing insight from some of the greatest minds inhistory. But he also has a great sadness and loneliness at his core. He is theonly person of his kind (or he thinks…) He can never have children. He haslost every woman and man he has ever loved and known. He doesn't know if he's aGod, a man or an alien. He doesn’t know who he can trust. And he also startsto think that someone is following him, slowly across centuries…
There are two main narrative threads to the book.
One thread is set in the present day, in which our anti-hero B. is working inthe special forces of the US government. He is used as a fighting weapon,travelling around the world to take out undesirable enemy targets, in exchangefor help from the government’s scientists to research his immortality. Whenthe character B. experiences violence or stress, his eyes glow blue and he goesinto a fugue state of violence (hence berserker) and becomes a near unstoppablesuperhuman force. Handy for killing bad guys. He is very tough, but canexperience dying, and then he comes back to life. The chapters when this processis described are remarkable.
The other thread of the novel brilliantly builds the back story ofB’s long life, exploring his life across history, either told from hisperspective or from other figures in history who knew him (including Freud inthe first chapter after the prologue). Many of these chapters are virtuoso intheir writing, often written in the vernacular of the time, or in dialects ofthe different characters.
Gradually, the threads intertwine to one hell of an ending. The past revealsthe present. The title The Book of Elsewhere refers to an eponymous text in thenovel. It lists the details of the rare instances in B.’s life when he isreborn in a different place to the site of his ‘death.’ This book, and thesedeaths, may hold the truth to B’s immortality, and the shadowy charactersthat are starting to hunt him.
Author Biography
Keanu Reeves (Author)
As a remarkably eclectic actor, Keanu Reeves has made an indelible mark onthe world
of entertainment through the diverse roles he has played. He is most known forhis
starring roles in The Matrix and John Wick franchises. Reeves made his comicbook-
writing debut in 2021 with BRZRKR, a twelve-issue and graphic novel limitedseries
distributed through BOOM! Studios, which quickly became the highest-sellingoriginal
comic book series debut in over twenty-five years. In 2023, he returned to thebig screen
in John Wick: Chapter 4, which became the highest-grossing film in thefranchise. His
other recent projects include The Matrix Resurrections, John Wick 3: Parabellum,Always
Be My Maybe, Toy Story 4, and the video game Cyberpunk 2077. Raised inToronto,
Reeves performed in various local theatre productions and on television beforerelocating
to Los Angeles.
China Mieville (Author)
China Miéville is a New York Times bestselling author of fiction andnonfiction. His novels
include The City & The City, Embassytown, and Perdido Street Station.A recipient of the
Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction, he has won the World Fantasy, the Hugo, andthe
Arthur C. Clarke Awards, among others. His nonfiction includes a study ofinternational
law and a history of the Russian Revolution.
An immortal warrior…
A fight through the ages…
A quest to end an endless existence…
The Book of Elsewhere is the story of B. (short for Berserker, who also goesby Unute as his ancient name). A man with unnatural strength, prone toviolence, and seemingly immortal, he has lived for 80,000 years. He hasmastered hundreds of languages, experienced every emotion and experience a mancan savour. He's gained amazing insight from some of the greatest minds inhistory. But he also has a great sadness and loneliness at his core. He is theonly person of his kind (or he thinks…) He can never have children. He haslost every woman and man he has ever loved and known. He doesn't know if he's aGod, a man or an alien. He doesn’t know who he can trust. And he also startsto think that someone is following him, slowly across centuries…
There are two main narrative threads to the book.
One thread is set in the present day, in which our anti-hero B. is working inthe special forces of the US government. He is used as a fighting weapon,travelling around the world to take out undesirable enemy targets, in exchangefor help from the government’s scientists to research his immortality. Whenthe character B. experiences violence or stress, his eyes glow blue and he goesinto a fugue state of violence (hence berserker) and becomes a near unstoppablesuperhuman force. Handy for killing bad guys. He is very tough, but canexperience dying, and then he comes back to life. The chapters when this processis described are remarkable.
The other thread of the novel brilliantly builds the back story ofB’s long life, exploring his life across history, either told from hisperspective or from other figures in history who knew him (including Freud inthe first chapter after the prologue). Many of these chapters are virtuoso intheir writing, often written in the vernacular of the time, or in dialects ofthe different characters.
Gradually, the threads intertwine to one hell of an ending. The past revealsthe present. The title The Book of Elsewhere refers to an eponymous text in thenovel. It lists the details of the rare instances in B.’s life when he isreborn in a different place to the site of his ‘death.’ This book, and thesedeaths, may hold the truth to B’s immortality, and the shadowy charactersthat are starting to hunt him.
Author Biography
Keanu Reeves (Author)
As a remarkably eclectic actor, Keanu Reeves has made an indelible mark onthe world
of entertainment through the diverse roles he has played. He is most known forhis
starring roles in The Matrix and John Wick franchises. Reeves made his comicbook-
writing debut in 2021 with BRZRKR, a twelve-issue and graphic novel limitedseries
distributed through BOOM! Studios, which quickly became the highest-sellingoriginal
comic book series debut in over twenty-five years. In 2023, he returned to thebig screen
in John Wick: Chapter 4, which became the highest-grossing film in thefranchise. His
other recent projects include The Matrix Resurrections, John Wick 3: Parabellum,Always
Be My Maybe, Toy Story 4, and the video game Cyberpunk 2077. Raised inToronto,
Reeves performed in various local theatre productions and on television beforerelocating
to Los Angeles.
China Mieville (Author)
China Miéville is a New York Times bestselling author of fiction andnonfiction. His novels
include The City & The City, Embassytown, and Perdido Street Station.A recipient of the
Guggenheim Fellowship for fiction, he has won the World Fantasy, the Hugo, andthe
Arthur C. Clarke Awards, among others. His nonfiction includes a study ofinternational
law and a history of the Russian Revolution.
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